From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

In 2005, Dr. Johné M. Parker became the first person from Kentucky selected as an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Congressional Fellow, the oldest engineering society fellows program in the nation. The program enables fellow recipients to devote a year working with the federal government, providing engineering and technical advice to policy makers in Congress, federal agencies, and the White House. Parker spent the 2005-2006 academic year in D.C.

Dr. Parker's many accomplishments include being named the 2026 Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (read more about her career online, University of Kentucky). 

Johne M. Parker was born in Montgomery, AL. An associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, she has been with the University of Kentucky since 1996. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she wrote her dissertation, An analytical and experimental investigation of physically-accurate synthetic images for machine vision design. She co-authored Physically accurate synthetic images for computer vision system design. 

For more see K. Johnson, "Engineering Professor to Advise Congress," University of Kentucky News, 06/24/05; see  Johné M. Parker in "UK faculty honored." Lexington Herald-Leader, 9 October 1998, City & Region section, p.B3; see J. M. Parker publications in Google Scholar; review J. M. Parker research at Research Gate. For more on the ASME Congressional Fellows Program, see the Federal Government Fellowships Programs.